04-07-2008 04:03 AM - edited 03-05-2019 10:14 PM
Hi..
I configured EthChannel to aggregate two Gig interfaces between Cisco 6509 core sw and AIX server (Teaming).
Config on 6509 core as following:
On both interfaces (assume Gi7/7 & Gi7/8)
swichport
switchport access vlan 5
switchport mode access
channel-group 8 mode active
I have checked the server's NIC, it supported LACP aggregatoin type.
output ---> port-channel 8 created but ONLY interface G7/7 is member of this bundle and I found that port-channel 8A created automatically and G7/8 considered as member of this virtual bundle.
I'm trying to figure out the logic behind creation of port-channel 8A !!
any helpful comments !!!
Thx
04-07-2008 04:10 AM
Hi Belal,
I believe you should specify the channel-protocol on the interface level explicitly to be lacp:
channel-protocol lacp
Try this.
Cheers:
Istvan
04-07-2008 04:24 AM
Hi Istvan,
I believe once I configured mode active it will select the LACP as the protocol for aggregation and I can confirm that LACP is the running protocol, I issued the command "show interface port-channel 8 eth"
it clearly shows that LACP run.
04-08-2008 05:52 AM
Istvan,
It is not really necessary to specify the channel-protocol because LACP is already implied in the "active" (or "passive") setting.
In fact, the channel-protocol is not a very useful command because it only serves as a sort of configuration safety lock ... a sort of "belt-and-braces" tautology. It has no direct influence on the mode of the channel.
Kevin Dorrell
Luxembourg
04-08-2008 07:41 AM
Hi Kevin,
Thank you for the contribution.
I want to share my experience with you:
channel-protocol pagp
channel-group 1 mode on
And the channel did not form.
So if the channel-protocol is specified, then very interestingly, the switch does not accept "on" mode.
(In "on" mode no pagp messages sent.)
I hope someone will use this info somewhere.
Cheers:
Istvan
04-08-2008 07:45 AM
04-08-2008 09:09 AM
That's good!
Thank you Edison.
Cheers:
Istvan
04-07-2008 06:22 AM
That's very odd. I don't think is possible to have an interface with a number and a letter.
Can you post the output from typing
show version
show interface brief
and
show ether sum
Thanks
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Edison.
04-08-2008 04:36 AM
Hi Edison,
believe me its possible, but the amazing thing that I found it today working fine and both interfaces shown in port-chahnnel 9 but to convince you that number and a letter is there I copied the logs and below the output:
Apr 7 14:38:46.765 KWT: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Port-channel9A, changed state to down
Apr 7 14:38:46.801 KWT: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface GigabitEthernet7/9, changed state to down
Apr 7 14:38:46.769 KWT: %LINEPROTO-SP-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet7/9, changed state to down
Apr 7 14:38:46.769 KWT: %LINEPROTO-SP-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet7/10, changed state to down
Apr 7 14:38:46.813 KWT: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Port-channel9A, changed state to down
Apr 7 14:38:46.817 KWT: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface GigabitEthernet7/10, changed state to down
Apr 7 14:38:47.001 KWT: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Port-channel9A, changed state to administratively down
finally its Cisco, expect more :)
thx for support,
04-08-2008 05:55 AM
Strange. Never seen that before. Is it IOS or CatOS?
Sorry ... second thoughts I take that back ... it looks like IOS. Still strange though.
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